10 Of The Most Expensive Buildings In The World

It was a US$217 million project designed by WET Design, the same company responsible for the Bellagio Fountains. Source:   Homedit The resort was designed by Dallas based HKS, Inc. The hotel has 45 floors and houses 2,716 rooms. This one has 33 floors and a height of 392 square feet, with a total of 935 rooms. The resort’s hotel offers the largest suites and guest rooms on the Las Vegas Strip (720 square feet per room). The entire resort covers an area of 215 acres and the hotel alone sits on 614 feet of space. It used to be the world’s tallest building until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The top floor contains six Ruler’s Suites which are reserved for Emirati royalty and dignitaries only. There’s also 550,000 square feet of casino space that has 3400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables as well as a 15,000 seat arena for entertainment and sports events. Moreover, it houses the world’s largest collection of antique sewing machines. The hotel was designed by architect John Elliott RIBA. The resort also includes the 111,000 square foot casino and a 223,000 square foot convention center as well as 76,000 square feet of retail space. It is also the second-largest building in the Western Hemisphere. The building;s design incorporates cultural and historical elements which are particular to the region. It was the first resort to include a luxury car dealership for cars such as Ferrari and Maserati. The tower was called Encore and it was a $2.3 billion project. This $1 billion family home was built for Mukesh Ambani and his family. As the designer has declared, the resort was initially inspired by card decks. The Bellagio. The hotel occupies a total area of 850,000 square meters of floor space. The Emirates Palace. It holds the record for the tallest man-made structure in the world with a height of 829.8 meters. It holds the record for the tallest completed building in Nevada. The official opening was on January the 4th, 2010. It took them 3 years to complete it. The hotel tower is a 642 square foot high structure and has a total of 3,068 rooms and suites as well as 375 concierge-level suites. In 2000 the Mirage Resorts merged with MGM Grand Inc. On the ground floor there is also a parking garage that can hold 160 vehicles. It’s located in Mumbai, India. In 2006, the casino was remodeled and in 2011 all of the main tower’s 2,500 rooms were also upgraded and remodeled. 9. The Palazzo. Very popular for its fountains, the complex is owned by MGM Resorts International. The total cost of the project is estimated at $8.0 billion. Its foundation is reinforced by 380 pillars driven 80 meters into the ground. This is why the garage had to be built first. The result was this oversized family home that could easily be confounded with a hotel. The Venetian Macao. and became MGM Mirage. Burj Khalifa holds the records for the tallest structure ever built, the building with most floors, the highest elevator installation and the world’s fastest elevator (18 m/s). To the south of the main tower you can find the Spa Tower. The Marina Bay Sands Resort. Taipei 101 is also one of the most stable buildings ever to be constructed. 4. There are also 16 Palace Suites and 22 three-bedroom suites. The construction began in February 2006 and a lot of time was allotted to the underground parking space. Lee partners. The Marina Bay Sands is a resort located in Singapore. 10. Several celebrity restaurants also announced their opening and, little by little, the resort became the impressive structure that it is today. The building’s roof and façade water recycling system meets 20 to 30 percent of its water needs, making it not just tall and imposing but also sustainable and eco-friendly. The cost to build it was 3.9 billion GBP. It opened its doors on December the 15th 2010. The building was designed as a symbol of the evolution of technology and Asian tradition. The Palazzo is the largest LEED certified building in the United States and it’s also the eleventh largest building in the world in terms of floor space. It attracts around 25,000 visitors daily. The building has a total floor area of 6,948,980 square feet and has become the largest building in the United States in terms of floor space. Besides there attractions, the resort also include the Wynn Golf Course, the only one on the Las Vegas Strip. Burj Khalifa , also known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Of course, we’re going to start with the Antilia which the world’s largest and most expensive family home ever built. The building features a steel structure with no apparent green elements. Taipei 101 is owned by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation (TFCC). The hotel was built in 3 years and it cost approximately $3 billion USD with the help of 20,000 workers. The Emirates Palace is a luxury hotel that can be found in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Other remarkable features are the 660-metric-ton tuned mass damper that stabilizes the tower against movement caused by high winds that can reduce its movement by up to 40%. There are also 5 additional floors situated underground. We now go from resorts to family homes. Then they can enter the hotel. The Palazzo is a luxury casino and hotel resort that can be found between the Wynn and The Venetian. This spectacular resort was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The dealership is located near the valet parking where guests can admire the model cars while waiting for their own to arrive. The reason why it’s called Taipei 101 is because it has 101 floors. Taipei 101. To take care of this place, the owners employed a staff of 600 people. Burj Khalifa also has 27 terraces. The Cosmopolitan is the second Las Vegas hotel to feature an underground parking garage. Burj Khalifa was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. The resort includes, besides the casino, a hotel with 2,561 rooms, 1,300,000-square-foot convention and exhibition center, an 800,000-square foot mall, a museum, two theatres, 7 celebrity chef restaurants, an ice-skating ring and, of course, the world’s largest atrium casino that has 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. The show takes placed every 30 minutes in the day and every 15 minutes from 8 pm till midnight. The Venetian Arena hosts sports events such as basketball, tennis or boxing but it’s also used for events such as concerts and televised awards shows. In addition, it has an underground parking for 2,500 vehicles as well as its own marina and helipad. If we also add the adjacent Encore hotel, the Wynn resort complex offers a total of 4,750 rooms. The casino was then built on the ground level. In total, it offers 2,995 hotel rooms, a 75,000 square foot casino, 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a 40,000 square foot spa and fitness facility. The resort is owned by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. 2. The tower is composed of three elements organized around a central core. Inside the hotel and casino building, visitors are welcomed into a lobby where 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers cover 2,000 square feet of the ceiling. It was a $3.9 billion project. It has a total of 46 levels and it’s 508 square foot high. The resort’s hotel also has a club (the Paiza Club) which has a gaming area divided into several private rooms named after Asian cities and regions such as Yunnan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. In total, the Antilia has over 398,000 square feet of living space. The construction for the main hotel tower was completed in July 2007 but the resort officially opened on the 18th of August the same year. It’s a $2.7 billion resort and it was named after casino developer Steve Wynn. Its design is spectacular as well. The resort opened its doors on April the 28th 2005. The Bellagio complex opened its doors on October the 15th in 1998 with a $88 million ceremony. The main tower houses 3,015 rooms. Nevertheless, it still remains the biggest and also the most expensive private home in the world. The Venetian Macao is also a hotel and casino resort which, as its name might suggest, is located on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The Fountains of Bellagio which is a great attraction can be seen from numerous points on the Strip. Named after the mythical Atlantic island of Antilia, the building has nine elevators in the lobby, three helipads and an air traffic control facility. However, some of the restaurants and spas that are part of the complex only opened in 2006. Here, the guests are welcomed into a glass dome with a two-story fountain. It has a Y-shaped plan and a triple lobed footprint inspired by the flower Hymenocallis. The Emirates Palace has 302 rooms and 92 suites. Due to trademark disputes, in March 2010 the resort was renamed Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The tower is part of the 2 square km development called Downtown Dubai. 8. The project’s design team was led by Friedmutter Group and it was a collaboration with Arquitectonica, DeSimone Consulting Engineers and a design team formed of Prophet, the Friedmutter Group, The Rockwell Group, Jeffrey Beers, Adam Tihany, and Bentel Bentel. Its construction was finished in 2004 and it became a landmark and a symbol for Taiwan. It was also designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes. The resort was built on a parking lot that belonged to the Jockey Club. The theatres became functional on November 30th while the other facilities also opened later that year. In March 2007 the hotel’s elevator core was completed and the Palazzo was scheduled to open at least 1,000 rooms by December the same year. Taipei 101, also known as the Taipei World Financial Center is a skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan. The Antilia. The resort has three different types of pools: one for relaxation, a day club pool and a nightclub pool. Originally, the plan was for the resort to open in 2009 but it all had to be delayed. Sitting on over 100 hectares of land, the hotel has spectacular gardens as well as 1.3 km of exclusive beach. The casino had already opened on April the 17th the same year. The building used to hold the record for the fastest ascending elevator (16.83 m/s) and for the largest countdown clock which is displayed on New Year’s Eve. Even though, initially, the project described the building as the greenest structure in the world, covered in foliage and with all sorts of similar features, the final result was very different.